Variation propagation modeling and analysis at preliminary design phase of multi-station assembly systems

Assembly Automation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-166

  Wang, Haixia ^a   Ceglarek, Dariusz ^b  

^a CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for assembly; Dimensional measurement; Modelling; Product design

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FUSELAGES; AUTOMOTIVE BODY; CAD MODELS; CAD SYSTEM; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN MODELS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT; DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONS; EARLY DESIGN PHASE; FLEXIBLE PARTS; MODELLING; MULTI-STATION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE; PROCESS KNOWLEDGE; PROCESS MODEL; SHEET METAL ASSEMBLIES; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; VARIATION MODELS; VARIATION PROPAGATION; VARIATION PROPAGATION MODELING;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA STRUCTURES; DEFORMATION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FUSELAGES; JOINING; METALS; PAPER SHEETING; PROCESS MONITORING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SHEET METAL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 67651061557     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150910945606     Document Type: Article

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